Step 7: Step 7: Blue Details

1. use your painters tape again and mark off the places that you want to protect from the blue

2. Spray on your blue in nice even passes with the spray paint

3. I personally didn't need to apply another coat-- but if yours looks lame then follow the same process you learned from step 6 and make it look GOOD! :D

Step 8: Step 8: Draw on Designs

I hand painted on this front design but if you want to-- you could tape off this design or create a stencil. I personally just found it easier to match the blue color from the back and hand-paint this on!

I also sprayed the sides of the visor and then hand-painted the "V" design.

I would love to make one of these. I don't watch the anime but two things i love are sci-fi, robots and wolves...and the possibilities are endless...I would love to be able to embed some EL wire in this and make my own cyber-wolf helmet...

for sure! tag board, card board-- basically something a bit heavier than card stock! It's just to get the structure there so the clay/paper clay can grip onto it. heck-- you could even use a wire mesh type of stuff! experiment :)

After the clay paper ears dry, it was easy to use a knife and carve out the vents. I rolled a thin tube of some more paper clay and added it around the opening. Honestly i should have originally had the vent opening from the beginning but it was an after thought!

Do the same thing with fiberglass and bondo. Cut out the inside and you have an air cooled helmet. I use to live in Florida. This would be useful year round as well as looking great. Very nice first i'ble.

I don't even know what this is from but just seeing how awesome it turned out makes me want to make one! The ears look soooo much like they were part of the helmet! Can't wait to see what else you come up with!